README

This replication package shows how to generate the results of Deal, Greenberg, and Gonzales (2024), Journal of Population Economics: Sexual Identity, Poverty, and Utilization of Government Services.

Data Access: All Data files used in this analysis are publicly accessible at this link: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/household-pulse-survey/datasets.html. Download Weeks 34-43 and convert the CSV files to Stata .dta files with names in the format pulse{YYYY}_puf_{WEEK}.dta, where YYYY is the corresponding year and WEEK is the corresponding 2-digit week (i.e., 34). If this presents a challenge, email the authors at cameron.h.deal@vanderbilt.edu for a copy of the Stata files used in analysis. Save these data files in the downloaded replication folder.
 
Open the final_analysis.do file and change the global path to the location of the downloaded replication folder. Then, run the do file. The .xls files that result correspond to Tables 1-6 (labeled table{#}.xls/csv) and Appendix Tables 1, 3-7 (labeled atable{#}.xls/csv). The afigure1.png file that results corresponds to Appendix Figure 1.  Additionally, the do file is labeled with each section that corresponds with each set of results.